HP LaserJet 1100 Printer series - Logical Operations

Logical Operations

With the introduction of the HP LaserJet 4ML printer the print model was expanded to include logical operations.

The basic print model defines how a pattern, source image, and destination image are applied to each other using the print model’s transparent and opaque modes to produce a resulting image (refer to the PCL 5 Printer Language Technical Reference Manual for detailed information about the basic print model operation). The Logical Operations (

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*

l

#O) command can apply logical functions (e.g.,

AND, OR, XOR, NOT) to any of these operands except transparency, which must be specified first.

The print model process consists of the following steps:

1

Specify source and/or pattern transparency modes, if desired.

2

Specify the logical operation (or use the default).

3

Define the desired operands (source, destination, pattern).

Definitions

Source: The source image may be one of the following:

• HP-GL/2 primitives

• Rules

• Characters

• Raster images (single plane mask or multiplane color)

Destination: The destination image contains whatever is currently defined on the page. It includes any images placed through previous operations.

Pattern or Texture: The pattern is defined by Current Pattern (

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*v#T). The terms pattern and texture are used interchangeably in

this section.

Transparency Modes: The white pixels of the source and/or pattern may be made transparent (source transparency 0, pattern transparency 0). The destination shows through these areas.

Transparency modes are set by the Source Transparency (

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*v#N)

and Pattern Transparency (

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*v#O) commands (refer to the PCL 5

Printer Language Technical Reference Manual).

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The print model allows logical operations, such as AND, OR, XOR, NOT, to be performed on source, texture, and destination images. Transparency modes and Logical Operation must be specified before printable data is sent.

Operators

• Source Transparency (specified before logical operation;

default is transparent)

• Pattern Transparency (specified before logical operation;

default is transparent)

• Logical Operators (default is Texture OR Source)

Operands

• Source objects: character cell, raster image, rule, HP-GL/2

vectors and polygons

• Texture: pattern mask

• Destination: current page definition

Assuming three bits per pixel, the following diagram shows the print model process.